In 2021, the U.S. Congress designated April 13 as National Borinqueneers Day. The 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as Borinqueneers, was the only Hispanic unit from the Korean War to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. The youngest of the surviving members are in their eighties and nineties.
APRIL 17, 2024 | NATIONAL BANANA DAY | NATIONAL CRAWFISH DAY | NATIONAL CHEESEBALL DAY | ELLIS ISLAND FAMILY HISTORY DAY | NATIONAL HAIKU POETRY DAY NATIONAL
Saturday is set aside as National Record Store Day to honor independent record stores.
APRIL 24, 2024 | NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY | NATIONAL BUCKET LIST DAY | NATIONAL PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET DAY | STOP FOOD WASTE DAY NATIONAL
NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. []
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument and Lake Meredith Nationa Recreation Area will join the Earth Day Celebration with presentations and free workshops.
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Anzac Day is an annual public holiday where we commemorate those who lost their lives on April 25 in Gallipoli. On this day, many things are closed for our fallen ANZACS. However, sometimes, folks need last-minute things such as food, drinks and clothing. So we’ve wrangled up all the info on what will be open […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) As has been documented by such authorities on U.S. military spending as Winslow T. Wheeler, Robert Higgs, and others, America spends each year around $1.5 trillion for its military but hides at least around $800 billion of it (so as for the U.S. not to be publicly recognized as spending […]
CRATER LAKE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The National Park Service has approved the transfer of the Crater Lake National Park concessions contract formerly held by Crater Lake Hospitality. The park said Thursday that hospitality company ExplorUS will take over providing visitor services under the contract immediately, including: Lodging at Crater Lake Lodge, The Cabins at Mazama
After three years at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, the event will return to its old venue in Lewis County September 21.
In this op-ed, Nadia Schadlow calls for an end to the "mind-numbing cycle of far too many studies coming out of the Pentagon and the US government as a whole — with little progress on implementation."